Facing a raise holding bottom set, no limit cash

Game type: No limit cash
Your image: You have won several big pots but have shown down good cards doing so.
Misc notes:
Your hand: 5♦5♠

The setup: Preflop, UTG limped and then the table folded around to you. You called the small blind and then the big blind raised, making it $8 total. UTG and you both called, and the flop came solid:

Q♦5♥6♥

You decide to lead into the raiser, and bet out about half pot – $12. The raiser thinks a second and then comes back at you for $24 more, making the bet $36 total. How do you handle bottom set?

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lespat

I like small raising. A lot of players at this level will call the small raise even though they smell a trap. It doesn’t matter – the amount is too tempting to them. And then you’ve built a pot that they won’t be able to get away from – you can bet 1/2 pot on turn and 1/3 pot on river and you’ll have their stack, more or less.

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JimJims

At this level I find people cannot get away from overpairs. I would have checked and then check raised allin, it seems like people are willing to call the CR more than they are willing to call the third raise.

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Hill Pellmuth

I think you should just go ahead and make a move now since a lot of cards on the turn might hurt your action. He raised from the BB, seems like an overpair to me.

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AcesFall

I like to call here then check-raise the turn or do a probe bet exactly like the staff said. If stacks are shorter its an easy push, but we are just deep enough to try and call and stack him on the turn.

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yellow#5

all-in. they will call more often than not.

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Ripp

Hammer the pot, all in. you already made a nice profit, so keep it. there is a strait and a flush draw out there, dont let him catch. an all in will scare off someone on a draw. if he does have top pair or top two, you just got paid off. if he hit his over set, sorry for your bad luck, but you will still have played the hand right.

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Cristiano

You might be losing to a higher set or you might be beating a 1/2 pair or draw. All in seems desperate, but calling and strong raise no matter the turn sounds good

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Thomas Fradd

Good spot to be in with the set. I love the play listed in the question of leading into the raiser. It is very likely that he would now raise you with an overpair or possibly KQ or AQ. This means you miles ahead, and that he has a tough hand to get away from, IMO RAISE again, maybe even all in! If he has a bigger set your doomed for your whole stack anyways, and he has now has poor odds to draw to a flush, unless by some miracle he has 7-8 of hearts in which case he probably beat you in the pot. All of these hands: AQ, KQ, KK, AA or AK of hearts, would very tough for your opponent to fold, so i think a raise here gets the money in when your a big favourite for a big pot !

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